The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1887-05-19
THE EDITORS DESK.
COMMENTS ON TOPICS THAT ARE
INTERESTING THE PEOPLE.

INTERESTING THE PEOPLE,.
The Chronicle Expresses Its Opinion on
Passing Public Events and Questions
of Interest Now Before the People.
Two locks on the Tar River betw ween here
gable all the year round. In the construc-
ton of such works as these by convicts,
crime could be made to promote commerce
and to develop a country. Who says it
would not pay better than the whipping
post2-[ Tarboro Southerner.
The New York Star is out in strong
editorial for Hon. J Randolph Tucker, of
Virginia, for Supreme Court Judge to sue
ceed Justice Woods. We believe that the
Southern man, above all others, for the
high position is Hon A H. Garland, pres
ent Attorney General. 1t might be we'll
to make Mr.. Garland Supreme Court JUS
tlce and appoint Mr.. Tucker Attorney
General. They are among if not, the ablest
lawyers in the Union.
1t takes a long time for news to travel.
\ gentleman had occasion to write busi-
ness letter to the CHRONICLE this week,
and the first sentence was, ''1f the legisla-
ture has adjourned.' y Bless your soul,
Mr. High Pointer, the legislature adjourn
ed these many weeks ago We are sur
prised that the peace and calm that fol-
lowed its jarring breaking up did not reach
as far up as High Point. Yes; it has ad-
jourued and viii stay adjourned until 1SS9,
The CHRONICLE does not publish the many
idle rumors about Walter Bingham. He
may be living, or he may be dead. We do
not feel called upon to harrow up the feel
ings of his friends by idle rumors or spec
ulations Nothing has been heard from
him since he was seen in New York, and
we advise our readers to put no faith in
the sensational accounts of his having
been seen in Paris and in Washington
City-at both places within three days.
" hen there is any reliable information, if
there ever should be any we shall publish
1t promptly.
We return thanks TO Messrs. W. A. With
ers, A. NJ, ". j. Bingham, A. NJ, j. b
Hill, A. NJ, and Rev. W. S. Lacy, the com
mittee appointed to compile and publish a
semi-centennial catalogue of Davidson
College, for the newly issued general cata-
logue of the students of Davidson College
from 1887 to 1887. 1t shows roll of
|, ,s6S, of which number 571 were graduates.
Tho Sfa that tho
Jenuial catalogue will contain photo -litho-
graphs of the Presidents of Davidson; pho
to-hthographs of the main building and
society halls; historical sketches of each
professor; brief biographical sketches of
each student, arranged according to the
years of entering; list Of those upon whom
Davidson has conferred degrees; and map
showing location of grounds and buildings.
1t is reported in the New York papers
that there are now ten thousand foreign
immigrants in New York awaiting trans
portation to the West and other portions
of the country. The question of what to
do about foreign immigration is soon to be
one Of prime Importance with US. 1t is
said that nine e-tenths of the Socialists, An
archists, and Communists in this country
are foreigners. In the cities three fourths
While this ought always to be
the land of the free and the home of the
brave, American institutions and Amerl-
can customs must and shall be maintained.
This land is our birth-right. English and
Scotch Irish blood made it free. Our doors
are open to all who will come among us
and become genuine Americans, but they
must be closed forever to all peripatetic
agitators who, having nothing, seek to Sc
cure something by disturbance and preach
ing heresies. The CHRONICLE agrees with
Senator Vance in the statement that here
in North Carolina we want foreign imml-
grafton, but We want only SO much as can
be assimilated
THE NORTH CAROLINASP SPEAKER.
We hail with pleasure this timely and
volume made up altogether OF
gems taken from the rich placers of the
good old North State.
The minerals exhibited at the New Or
leans Exposition, were not more creditable
as specimens and evidences of the natural
resources of the State, than are these in
tellectual treasures of the ''mind, the mu-
sic" Of her gifted sons and daughters
When we look at monument erected to
the memory of the sages and
heroes, who have illustrated the history OF
a great people, our sensibility is awakened
not only by the admiration We may feel
for the work, regarded as work of art,
but by the noble and pathetic sentiment
which it is intended to embody and ex-
press. So it is in the volume before us,
almost every page calls up the image OF
some venerable or interesting character,
dear to the heart of the State, and person
ally endeared to the reader.
One main design of the enterprising pub
fishers, is to make the good people OF the
State themselves better acquainted with
her literary productions. 1t is surprising
how little is known of us not only abroad
but at home. The special design of the
book, is to furnish brief and stirring dec
lamations for boys; and with such men
among others as Henry W. Miller, Francis